Brand awareness is optimised
Most brands are known because they use social media for business as a marketing tactic. When you use social media, you can spread the word about your products and services and bridge the communication gaps that prevent people from knowing about your brand.
You can use social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to introduce potential customers to your brand. Why? If people don’t know that your business exists, how can you make a sale? The same thing is true with currently existing websites that the majority of the target clients don’t know about.
As of 2015, there were 14 million Facebook users in Australia, 2.8 million Twitter users and 3.7 million LinkedIn users. Given the way visual and text content spread virally over the social media networks, using any or all of these channels is a great way of promoting your brand to your target customers.
Have strong relationships with your customers
When you learn to connect with potential customers effectively in ways that you understand them, they will be delighted to communicate with you. You can effectively communicate with them via social media and therefore build strong business relationships. By conversing with your target market, you will eventually learn to understand exactly what they want and how your business can cater to their needs. You can also explain your side when they complain about your products or services and perhaps foster trust in the process.
Low-cost marketing
Print, TV and radio ads can be awfully expensive, unlike some free-to-use social media networks. Take Facebook and Twitter for example. They are accessible to all business owners. All you need is good content that would make it share-worthy.
You can use your Facebook page to create and distribute articles and infographics that people can share and talk about. You can invite them to events or run ad campaigns at a minimum cost, which is just a fraction of what you would spend in traditional marketing.
Bigger reach is possible
It is not cheap and easy to run an international marketing campaign using the traditional method. However, in utilising the benefits, using social media for business, everything is so easy when it comes to reaching people beyond your geographical location. You can get your message across the social media channels and reach a market segment, without spending too much money and effort. In fact, your target reach is limitless. All you need is a good social media marketing strategy.
